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Dancing in the grass.
Pretending she was a queen. Dancing in the arms of the king.
It was one of Ella's favourite hobbies.
When she was done with her chores, she used to sneak out of the house and run to the green fields where she would spend the day reading and singing and dancing in the grass until dusk fell.
One day, she left the house at noon after she had finished her chores. That was earlier than usual. The only reason she left early was because her stepmother and her stepsisters had left for a trip to the mountains. They had all gotten invitations to a wedding celebration except Ella.
If it was any other young woman being left out and not invited to such an important ceremony, she would be sad about it. But not Ella. She was actually ecstatic. That meant more
